All Around The Town

"Equal and Opposite Reactions"
by Patti Liszkay

Buy it  on Amazon
http://amzn.to/2xvcgRa
or Barnes & Noble.com

"Cleverly plotted and exceptionally well written... part drama and part slapstick comedy."  - Amazon Review

All Around The Town

    As my grand children live over 2,200 miles away it's a sad fact of life that I normally see them fewer than half-a-dozen times a year.

    But the bright side is that our visits, though infrequent, are always special occasions, happy, memorable times that we fill with as much fun and activity as we can.

     To this end, after we returned from our trip to the Berlin Resort in Amish Country (see previous post) we spent the next six days searching out interesting and fun things to do in Columbus, Ohio, of which there are a plethora,

...not the least of which can be found at Easton Town Center,

...an upscale shopping mall that is like a little city within the city, a miniature New York or Paris; 

    ...that is to say, a miniature New York or Paris where they took out everything except the stores, restaurants, and a movie theater.  
     We ended up taking a couple of trips to Easton, as even if one cannot afford to patronize the upscale establishments,

  ...one can always grab a bite to eat at one of the many available less expensive food options,

...and, of course, it doesn't cost a cent to spend time strolling around the streets of Easton, window shopping,

...enjoying the pretty scenery,

...and playing in the fountain,

 ...all of which we did on Tuesday, the day after we returned  from Amish Country.
       However before heading to Easton we first did our serious shopping,

...at Walmart, of course (See post from   7/28/2018),

...where he girls shopped for school clothes.

    We picked up a few groceries as well, one-stop-shopping being one of the perks of patronizing Walmart.

    Next we swung by Old Navy, where the girls also had luck finding a few nice pieces.

     Then, the school clothes shopping done, we headed to Easton,

...for lunch at Bibibop,

...and then out to play in the fountain.

      Afterwards we returned to the indoor area of the mall where the girls discovered, among other wonders,  

...the joys of Claire's.

      They also discovered the mall's little free library,

...and so we stopped for a reading break before heading home.

    Now, I had invited Tommy and Emily over for dinner that evening, but we'd ended up spending so much time out on the town that by the time we arrived home it was 6:30 pm, too late to make dinner,

...so we all went out to Olive Garden instead.

   Afterwards when we arrived home Tommy and the girls put on a little show,

...which rounded out the day  nicely.